Sneak Peek at Pixelmator for iPad

This one is huge. And I mean it.

We are extremely excited to finally let you know that we’ve been working very hard at a non-stop pace for two years on something that is definitely one of the best apps for the iPad ever. Or, if you will, definitely the best image editing app for the iPad.

Today, we introduce Pixelmator for iPad — a full featured image editing app for the iPad.

Just to tease you a bit more, we won’t show everything as of yet. But there are a few things that we just cannot keep to ourselves:

Pixelmator for iPad is a full featured, layer-based image editor that you can use to create, edit, and enhance your images. It looks amazing. It is a real iOS 8 app. Also, it is so incredibly easy to use. Pixelmator for iPad has a fantastic true-to-life painting engine, incredible color adjustments, retouching tools, gorgeous effects, shapes, typography, selection tools, non-destructive layer styles, and pretty much all of the advanced image editing tools that you will ever need.

If that’s not enough, well, Pixelmator for iPad can work with Photoshop documents. Of course, it works flawlessly with Pixelmator for Mac via full iCloud support, via Handoff, or whatever else you choose.

It is definitely a superb app and here is a tiny sneak peek of what it looks like:

Pixelmator for iPad is coming out very soon. It will cost $4.99, and it is going to be awesome. Oh, and by the way, it’s just 1.0 yet. This is only the beginning.

I love you guys! Thank you for the hard work you put into this software. I tell everyone about the wonders of Pixelmator. I teach Photo Editing on the iPad…. Pixelmator for iPad will be mentioned and demostrated prominently!

iPad 2? Will it be worth running on mine? I’m sure to get it and find out! And I hope SOONER rather than LATER!

My wife is a graphic designer and uses Adobe CC so I felt for a long time I should take advantage of my access, but it’s just NEVER any FUN! Pixelmator has always (since 1.0) been one of my favorite software to use, and I’m a recording musician, not designer!!

I can’t wait to show this off to everyone I know on the iPad!!

And if we can’t use it on iPhone, I have this question: with iCloud Drive, can I take a shot with my iphone and then immediately access it inside Pixelmator for iPad? Kind of like a studio/locationhotographer would do with an SLR wired to a MacBook or iMac?

That looks very nice for people enjoying their iPads. Like other graphics professionals, I’m still much more interested in replacing the OS X workstation graphics software from Adobe that I’m forced to now rent from those greedy bastards in order to make a living. That means CMYK output, etc etc.

I use Pixelmator for Mac almost everyday…what an amazing app! I can’t wait for Pixelmator for iPad. Congrats on the Keynote…very well deserved! I agree w/ one commenter above…as good as these apps are, I would gladly pay a lot more, just to ensure you can continue developing these apps at such as high level. Thanks!

YAY!! WooHoo!! Good-bye Adobe Photoshop.. finally… I am so tired of the ball and chain of Adobe! Thankful though too for their work thoughout the years.. However the monthly payment that Adobe wants everyone to-now-pay for PhotoShop is a big bummer for many. I am debt free and do NOT want to have a reoccuring monthly payment like Adobe wants from everyone these days.. (I’d rather pay up front).. so I bought their iPad version instead [their fonts by-the-way on that iPad version aren’t very good.. & you cannot easily add multiple sentences to a graphic if you need that]. I am SOOO EXCITED for this NEW Pixelmator iPad App.. I just bought the Mac Pixelmator version for my Mac Book Pro. Thanks Pixelmator Team!!! Thanks Apple Team…YeeHa!! ?????

Since the beginning of Pixelmator (1.0) I have been a huge fan, A simple yet powerful photo editor and with every version released I am wowed. With this new iPad version I feel it will be a natural extension to the desktop app. Gratz!

I can’t wait until I can get my hands on this Pixelmator for iOS. I know that it will be a little bit slow when it first starts off in the first couple of versions but I am expecting great things. Well done! And I hope we won’t have to wait too long before it is in the App Store.

Extremely beautiful! I’m looking forward to buy the app and, since I plan to buy an Adonit stylus, I hope the app will be compatible with Jot Script and Jot Touch and with Pencil by Fiftythree.
Amazing work!

Pixelmator has been my favorite photo editor on my Mac. I’ve been using Photoshop Touch since it came out, but always lamented that Pixelmator was not on my iPad. Looking at your demo at the launch of iPad Air 2 I was so proud, in fact this is the only reason I’ve pre-ordered an iPad Air 2. I wish I could preorder Pixelmator for iPad as well so that it would be on my 4th Generation iPad and new iPad as soon as you release.

The white blog entry is like a breath of fresh air compared to all the black. Hopefully you’ll give the Pixelmator interface the same treatment or at least optional. Those black interfaces have such a boxed in / claustrophic feeling to them.

I love my iPad but for various reasons I am selling it. I will one day own one again though. For now it’s just the 6+. bought and love the Mac version. PLEASE release an iPhone 6+ version. Doesn’t have to be universal I’m happy to buy it twice. Who cares about price, I just want this software. 🙂

Looking forward to start using Pixelmator on my ipad.
I love que Mac version and i’m sure that i won’t be disappointed with the ipad version.
Will the new Wacom Intuos Creative Stylus 2 and the Wacom Bamboo Fineline be supported by Pixelmator?

For those of us that do not have an iPad, but do have the new iPhone 6 Plus we want the ability to see our Pixelmator files on the iPhone 6 Plus. Also, for others that do have both iPhone 6 Plus and iPad, not always will they have their iPad with them, however they may have their iPhone 6 Plus. In that situation they may be in a impromptu meeting with a person that may become a client. Having the ability from their 6 Plus to show the prospective client a Pixelmator file may help seal the deal making that person a new client.

Does,the retouching tool work with the iPad Mini Retina (i.e., the iPad Mini 2 as it has now been renamed)? Both the iPad Air (declared as supported) and the iPad Mini Retina share the same hardware and A7 processor – but the Pixelmator spec’s state that the feature is only supported by “iPad Air or later”.

Very nice tool… Wondering if there is a more efficient way to browse through the pictures from a folder for editing. Having to go to the folder and pick the picture every time for editing is time consuming if we have many pics to edit.

Until now all export from edited jpg files from the ipad apps delete the exif info, or downsizes the resolution from the jpg files.
How is this working with Pixelmator? Does it keep all the info, includes the edits and can I choose where to export to?
Hope to hear from you soon, so I can buy this great looking app!!!

Seems like there is still no clear answer on whether you will make an iPhone 6 or iPhone 6+ app. Can you please let us anxious iPhone users know? It seems to be widespread that there is demand for it. What does it take on your end to port the iPad app to the iPhone?

After reading all the above comments, I am contemplating buying the Pixelmator app for my Macbook Pro – question is will it also be able to be downloaded to my iPad? Thanks in anticipation. Don’t want to buy it twice if there is no need to.